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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1891)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEr MONDAY , OCTOBER 2Q. 1891. THE DAILY BEE. B. ItGSKWATKII. KIUTOII. _ PUBLISHED " "KVEUY MOUSING TKUMS OK SUIISOIUI'TIOM. Pally lice ( wltlioiit Sunday ) Ono Your. . .I fl 00 Dally nml HunUay , Ono Your . 10 00 MX months . gJJJ Three Months . ? fin Hiimlny Itco.Ono Year . * JJ Pntitnfny Hoc. One Yunr. . . < . \w \ Weekly lice , Ono Yunr . ' W Ol'TlGES ! rninlm. Tim Ilco Itiilldlne. Foutli Onifllin. cnrnrr N nml 'Mil btroeU Council lllufT.1. 1'J I'onrl Street. ChlCRBO Olllre , HI" Clinmliiir of Commorco. Now York.Komim in , llpnil IVTrllHino lluUdlng Washington. 615 Koiirttcnlh Street. COHIlKsrOSDBNCK. All poiiiiniiiilcntloni rnlntlnir to news ami ml I to rln I matter should lo addressed to tlio Editorial l IIUSINKSS LETT-BUS. All luidlnp. " letters mill remittance * MionM fcB nddrcfcod to Tlio lloo Publishing Company , Onmlin. Drafts. chocks nnil postolllco ordiirs to lie nmdo payable to tlio order of the com- pnny. TbcBccPnlilisliiiigCoiiipaDy , Proprietors TIIK lintJ IIim.DlNO. SUOKN STATKMENT OL' OIUCUI.ATION. Etntnof Nebraska I. . Coiintvof Ihmuln * . ( " " flrum : It. Tuehuek , srcrelnry of TUB IIKB PutfiUhlns compniiy. ilocs mlflinnly swear that the nctuul circulation of TIIK DAU.Y HKR for the wcuk ending October . ItUI , was as follows : Hnni'av ' Oct. 13 oo-iio . ' ' " ' ' ' ' Momlny. Oct. I . . . . . . % [ * * ? TnoHilay , ( Jot. " 0 ICvJ-L1- WcdncHilAy.Oet.31. . . -j- j Krlila'y.Ort.2.1 H'w ? " ' JJ' > Suturiliiy , Oct , "t - ' Average IM.IVIO OEOKOE II.T/.8UIIUOK. Bworn to before mo nml stiburrlhod In my DT < i eticc thlsailh uay of Octet or. A. n.JWl. Notary I'ubile. The growth of the avoraai- daily circulation of TIIK HKI : for six years Is Hhown In the fol- lowlnit tahlu : IW. IM7 last ISS'J ' I IS'.O 1891 Jnnimrr IU.-I78 I.VM ! CI.4I Kptiruarr lo.nici II.UH t , n Mnrch. . . . II..V17 II.4UU ID.ISKJlH.f ! 2I.IN- ! . April ii'.r.n it.in ; ld.illli/i ! : aum I3.4TO II.W ? 17.181 , I-.UIN ) ii.Min Juno II. 117 IIWI IS.S.M avji" Julr . u.ir.u Ifl.inn8w : 27.031 AUKtint I'.MIII U.l.'il I8.IS1I | .U > I Zf , M fc'epipmbcr t.lJKtO . , , . . . . H.IM IS.7IU 3J.W7 October I2..l ! lilB I8W ) I8JW7 JO.TIS NoTcmhur I.1.3IH IS.K9I IVJNln-llO ! | T-MSI Jpcoinbci ri-a \ 15.011 is.'aiaj.uis W47I foil 111K C.IMI'AKIX. In order to ( tlvn every reader In this state nnd Iowa nn opportunity to keep posted on the progress of the ciiinpnk'M In 1'oth these Mates we li.i to decided to olTer Tun Wr.KKt.r HER for the balance of this year for TWKMTV CENTS , t-'end In your ordure early. Two dollars will bo accoptoil for a club of ten names. Tnu HKE I'UHMSIIINCI Co. Cmaha , Not ) . IlKNUY OSTHOKK In hfs iiutoblo ra- phy ciitln tlio saloon ho rented from ox- Proalclont Iliiyos , and which afterwards in ado him notorious a " .small hotel. TUB Roaril of Education will oxponcl nearly three-quarters of a million dollars lars the coining year , if the school bonds nro voted. This la argument enough In ' favor of the best men. AIIUSK of the Real Estate Owners nssociatlon does not explain why 812,000 belonging to the county bridpo bond fund has gone glimmering , and escapes all attempts to locate its whereabouts. GKNKHAL VAN WVCK must feel highly complimented when ho is called to plead the cause of anti-monopoly on the same platform in Lincoln with the well known railroad lobbyist Vandor- voort. Independent politics makes Btrange companionship. IlKNKY OSTHOKP , lid Rothory and I. S. Iluseall porfonnod from the same platform in the single-act comedy , 'Throe of a Kind , " Saturday night , in u South Thirteenth street saloon. The tliroo politicians were as much at homo on ono sidu the bar as the other. IGNATIUS DONNELLY instituted suit against the Pioneer Pram of St. Paul for 8100,000 damages by reason of an alleged libel. The jury brought in a vordlct of 81 damages and allowed the plaintiff $5 for attorney's fees. Donnelly had over estimated the value .of his character ox- nctly $99,09 ! ) . TIIK legislature of 1889 was extrava gant beyond any proceeding session of that body. This is a fact which is gen erally admitted , but the Independent reform legislature of 1891 appropriated over half a million moro than its extrav agant predecessor. Reform legislatures come too high if this bo a sample. TIIK fact that General JoluiM. Palmer managed to squeeze through the Illi nois legislature in the United States Bonato had almost passed from memory , when a press correspondent discovered him hunting a house in Washington and reminded the public that ho would enter upon his duties the llrst Monday in December. CHILI'S now government is very young and this explains why it Is so impertinent and indiscrete in its treat ment of Americans. When it is older U will know moro. This great country cannot be snubbed by a revolutionary South American republic with impunity of course , but the callowness of that re-public- an extenuating circumstance which should temper oven Patrick Egan's righteous wrath. IK ANYiiODY still douhts Kdgorton's want of a common school education let him observe the way hit * verbsgetmiscd up in the following extracts from a ver batim report of hit ) speech : "If the gov ernment Is wrong the people IH wrong. " "Us follows that is talking this reform movement. " "When the farmer was paying their tuxes. " "Then she done what wo demand. " "There Is several to speak today. " "Two hills was Intro duced. " "There Is n few roads. " "At- tactlng the candidates. " "My enemies has circulated tlio report. " TUB Shofliold , England , daily Tele- grtiji/t / is not tneally mouthed in its dis cussion of the McKinley tariff. It de nounces it in round terms for the evil It has wrought upon English manufac turers , nnd says that only tbo dim pros pect of a return of the democratic party to power In 1802 "liaa prevented the re moval of English manufacturing plants from Urndford , Leeds , Dirminghnm and elsewhere to the United States. " Major MoIClnloy has no stock in the Shotlleld Tdc jniilit hut It la doing him an Im mensely valuable service in its out- epok * * " discussion of his tariff measure. FIHM A nt'SINKSH Viewed from n purely business stand point the election of J. W. Edgorton to the supreme bench would bo ta disas trous as another season of drouth. At first blush this assertion may seem pre posterous. Those who are not familiar with the filiation will very naturally ask what possible relation can the elec tion or defeat of Mr. Edgorton have upon the commercial or industrial prosperity fo this sUite ? What difference can it rr.nko to our merchants , mill-owners nnd farmers who may bo elected judge of tlio supreme court this year ? If there vrero no other issue in the present campaign tlmn the rolnllvo standing of Edgcrton and Post and their respective capacities to expound tlio constitution and the laws , tlioro would bo no mate rial dilTerenco to tlio business community which of them IB chosen. Hut quiet apart from the notorious fact that Mr. Edgorlon is totally unfit for n place upon the supreme bench , his election will bo interpreted abroad as an endorsement by the people of Nebraska of the dogmas enunciated in the Independent platform and advocated from every stump in this slate by Edgorton , Kom , McKoighan nml other anarchistic agitators of reforms that have for their object tlio depreciation of our currency and the consequent scaling and repudia tion of private and public debts. In otncr words the election of Edgorton would pluco Nebraska on the blacklist among eastern and foreign investors and keep her there for two or three years longor. The inevitable consequence would bo a contraction of credits , a further shrinkage of land values and a destruction of confidence in any enter prise that our merchants and manufac turers would deslro to promote with foreign capital. It would entail upon our cities nnd towns continued stagnation and would compel thou sands of worldngmon who nro now employed in workshops and factories to leave the state for want of employment. When wo say that the election of Edgorton and defeat of Judge Post would cripple the prosperity of our people and retard tlio growth of this stale wo only express in a mild form what wo conscientiously boliovo. There is already a very widespread prejudice against Nebraska and other western states that liavo boon swept by the financial craze , and it would bo deplora ble indeed if our people , regardless of party , do not arrest It at this stage nnd restore confidence by recording u de cided protect against it at the coming election. MK. nr.ii.\n AT ins roar. After an absence of several months Mr. Blaine is again at the seat of gov ernment and in the discharge of his duties as secretary of stato. According to trustworthy statements ho returns from his extended vacation in a condi tion to resume and carry on the arduous labors of the State department with his wonted vigor and energy. His health , impaired by the exacting work to which ho unceasingly devoted himself for n year and a half , is restored , and the promise is that Mr. Blaine will now bo able to go on in the discharge of his duties without interruption , though bo may wisely decide to exercise moro moderation in his work than heretofore. Undoubtedly no ono feels greater grat ification at the return of Mr. Blaine limn President Harrison. The ab = onc-jof the secretary of .stato necessarily imposed additional labor upon the president. It compelled him to look into details which ordinarily are presented to him by the head of the department , and to prose cute inquiries and investigations usually done by that olllolal. It will therefore bo a very considerable relief to the pres ident to have Secretary Blaine again in control of his department , to say noth ing of the value of having him at hand as an advisor. With the return of Mr. Blnino tlio administration family is again complete , but it will not long remain so , the resignation of Sec retary Proctor taking effect November 1. There continues to be a great deal of gossip regarding the relations between President Harrison and Secretary Blaine in reference to the presidential nomina tion in 18)2. ! ) There is not the least reason to doubt that these are entirely amicable andcordial. There may not bo any understanding between the presi dent and secretary of state on this sub ject. It is highly imurobublo thnt it has over been a topic of conversation between them. But no fair-minded man will nccuso or suspect Mr. Blninu of scoking the nomination whila ho is a member of the administration , and on. the other hand nobody who can appre ciate the clmi-APter of President Harrison will doubt that if ho saw that the repub lican party demanded Mr. Blaine ho would interpose no obsticlo to his nom- in.uion. Both have very positive claims upon the rcspocl and confidence of the party which it. is not to bo doubted are recognized by each , and whichever the party dovidos to make its standard bearer in the next national campaign will have tlio hearty support ol the other. Equally desiring republican suc cess , there will bo no issue between them on the question of nomination , IXSTKItSTATK It is said that the president is giving very cntoful coiihideration to the claims of candidates for the vacancies on the Interstate Commerce commission. Ho desires to appoint a first-class lawyer to succeed Judge Cooley , and the neces sity for doing tills Is obvious , The sug gestion th'.it ono of the vacancies should In ) filled by the appointment of a man familiar with the commercial interests. of the country , and tlio other by a man who lias had practical acquaint ance with the transportation business , would , if carried out , weaken the com mission in public confidence rather than strengthen it. Except Judge Cooley the legal ability of tlio body tit present is not great , and hence it is of the first importance that when ho retires his place shall bo taken by : v lawyer of high attainments. The president , it in said , is looking to fitness rather than to Bcctional Interests , and it is not certain lie will go beyond the Mississippi in milking the choice. But if the president can at the same time recognize the Just claims ot the trausmisslsslppi region and give to the commission a man of the class ho do- Biros , there is every reason to believe ho will make the appointment from that section. It is hardly necessary to say that the right man can bo found. Ne braska has n candidate in Mr. Lambert- son who answers to every requirement , both as n lawyer nnd n mnn of alTalra , It is understood that the president has decided to appoint a southern man to succeed the Into Commissioner Bragg , who was from Alabama , though ho may not select : i man from thnt state. This is an entirely proper decision , nnd for the same reason that the eouth Is given representation on the com mission the transmlsslssippl counlrv should receive recognition. As wo hnvo heretofore- pointed out this region has two-fifths of the railroad milcago of the United States , and Us Interests depend ent on railroad transportation are as great as these of any other section and are rapidly growing. It Is well known that the president is considering the propriety and justice of giving the irnnsinississlppi country rep resentation on the commission , nnd in this fact there is fnvornblo promise that ho will fill ono of tlio vacancies from this section. TIIK KLKcriOV MUST UK F.ltK. The now election law may utterly fall as a reform measure if the judges nnd clerks of election are all of ono political faith. There is now a definite purpose unfolding to pack the election booths with partisans of Henry OstholT. In the Fifth ward where there are thirty- five officers Ostholl has boon allowed to name thirty-one judges and clerks It is very clear that the .schema is to place the election machinery almost wholly in the hands of rank partisans and personal adherents of OsthofF and the gang of contractors that are Ills principal back ers. ers.This This is a violation of the spirit of the law and an open invitation for election frauds. Unless the election olllcors nro fair and honest men the Australian bal lot will not secure honest elections. It will bo an easy matter for corrupt olllco- scokors nnd their friends to reg ister gangs of ropcators and to vote them at the polls if the election oillccrs are in collusion with them. In fact it cannot bo prevented. Now it is only fair and proper that there should bo at least one republican judge upon each board of seven election otlicors in eacli election district. The independ ents are also entitled to represen tation. A refusal on the part of the mayor , council and commissioners to concede this reasonable demand will plainly indicate a purpose to rape the ballot. A board made up of live demo crats nnd two of the opposition would satisfy any honest democrat. If the boards are made up of demo crats there will bo nothing loft for the opposition but to dog the stops of every contractor who has recently established a graders' camp within the city and placa detectives at every polling place to prevent the votintr of gangs of thugs and repeaters. Every registered voter should bo known by somebody in the district where ho votes , and the re publicans , independents nnd honest democrats should unite to prevent fraud at the polls. An example will bo made of any individual or collection of individ uals who attempt to vote fraudulently and somebody will go to Lincoln to learn nr. honest trade if the attempt is made and not prevented. Wo must have an honest election and If wo do not have it this time we shall make sure that the persons who prevent it , whether they bo judges , clerks , challengers or outsiders are made to suffer for perpetrating and attempting to perpetrate frauds. MORE EDOKHION A'OXSKXSE. Joseph W. Edgorton , the independent candidate for judge of the supreme court , has now boon stumping the state for two months. Ho lias repeated the same old speech wherever ho has ap peared. Wo had verbatim copies made of it as delivered at Al bion nnd at Lincoln and they were found upon comparison to bo identical. Ho has recited this piece so often that it drops trom his lips with great ease , but ho has not had the good sense to leave out Its original foolishness or modify its patent misstntomonts , Ho goes back to the beginning of the war for the causes of the present unrest and discontent among the people and claims that the beginning of the con traction of the currency began when the Focond Issue of greenback promises to pay was made and when gold wont to S2.85. Just how much it Is con tracted ho does not know , for ho says in 180(1 ( there was $02 per capita , but now "thoro are a great many dilTor- ent claims as to the amount in circula tion. 1 have ono report that puts It at loss than 85. There is another which claims it to bo S70 , and still another that claims It to bo 820. " Nevertheless , al though this uncertainty exists , the great financier goes on to provo that "when you contract the volume of the currency you con tract or diminish tlio price of labor and all products of labor. " If thu per capita circulation is now 870 par capita , how does ho account for the fact that labor is generally well paid ? If it is but S3 , the argument falls to the ground , for labor receives at least twice as much for the same service today as in 1800. Tlio fact is that the question of per capita circulation has nothing to do with either the price of labor or the price of the product of labor. Then lie goes on to say tint "by con tracting the currency , " which may or may not have been contractod'accprdlng to his figures , "we have increase ; ! the national debt so that it is a greater bur den on the people today than it was at the close of the war. " The facts show that our public debt at the close of the war was S2,77,2.'t,17.oand : ! ( ! : ! ! ) thuton January. 1 , 181)1 ) , it had boon reduced to $ l)2-i- ( ) 072,051.-18 , In other words , after p lying all our interest as It accrued we had also lifted 31,747fiOU,222,2l of the prin cipal. Not only so , but all of the remain ing Indebtedness is carried at a very low rate of interest , while a large p.irt of the principal already paid was dr.iw- ing ( I and 7 per cent par annum. Since January 1 , 1801 , thu debt has boon reduced fur balow the Million point. Yet this knave or ignoramus Insists that it would take moro of the products of labor of every kind to pay oil the less than a billion wo now owe than thu nearly three billions owed at the close of the war. This ttf rot which ought not to de ceive anybody , ; ! The wantJMf .n larger volume of money In ictv'culaUon ' , according to Edgerton , lins iitndo the producing class a gnja borrowing class , and hence "wofesjmvr. today 0,000,000 mortgaged nortioa" which "will bo owned by ford'inor.s and a Btato of serf dom will bo { tjAViguratod worse than was over the sorfiltnn of Russia. " Of course there are nojjtjjijlf is many as 0,000,000 mortgaged hEjjtps but that U a fact of no conscquonctlHo IJdporton. To provo that the IssutSoLa largo volume of paper money would * prevent such dlro consequences quences , the stump orator refers to the remarkable prosperity of Franco and' demands that tlio volume of cur rency per capita shall bo fixed so that the printing presses shall bo kept busy grinding out greenbacks and "thereby always guaranteeing a steady volume and steady prices. " In this argument ho nays Franco paid oil her Indemnity to Germany and allows his hearer to infer that this was paid In paper money. Of course this is false on its faCe , but suppose wo refer to Franco and see whether by its lottery schemes , long time bonds , and other make shifts it Is really more- prosperous - porous than America. As a matter - tor of fact the French are taxed to death. They pay moro taxes per capita than any other nation on oartli and the national debt is larger per capita than that of any other nation. Her national debt is 80,107,0 it,4o : ( ) , or nearly two and one-halt times that of this country at the close of the war and about sovan times that of today. Wo have 18,000,000 land owners in America ; Franco has but -1,500,000 nnd Great Britain but IiO,000. Franco has n population of moro than 38,000,000 , America moro than 01,000,000. At every village in Franco there are customs gates and every where taxes are levied. If a man rents a house for 81,000 ho is obliged to pay something like 20 per cent addi tional to the government. They pay taxes on the windows of the houses. A farmer going to Paris with eggs , butter or vegetables pays a customs tax. Franco will not do as an example with which to provo want of prosperity in America. The eminent apostle of Hat finance at tacks the position that the deposits in the banks of this state represent the ac cumulated wealth of the people of the stato. If a man has $1,000 in the bank ho generally considers himself 81,000 ahead of immediate demands. According to Mr. Edgorto'njlh'id ig nil tt mistake , because that ! iiionoy is loaned out to another man aiid * ho pays it to still others. The Now York banks hnvo moro money to'thb ' credit of their de positors than .thoro is actual cosh in circulation , and this man whenever never had a' bank account of his own thinks * that this is con clusive proof'y that there should bo moro legal tender certificates issued. Ho might just as well insist that a grocer who has a capital of $10,000 and does a business of 8200,000 must incrcaso his capital to tho'full ' $200,000 in order to do business. If the depositors of this country should , .j all demand their money on the same day they could not got it , . any moro than if the policy holders in a lifo insurance association were all to die the same day the beneficiaries could bo paid in full. The fact that ono 8100 bill can bo used in exchanges to pay 8100,000 of indebt edness or oven moro does not imply u necessity for 1,000 $100 bills. On the contrary it illustrates the principle that money is merely a medium of exchange not essential to the exchange at all , but simply a modern convenience of exchange. For unmitigated drivel and perfoctlv senseless wind Edgorton's harangues would take tlio first premium even in a test of this style of merit with entries from Kansas and Nebraska like Kern , McKoighan , PotTer , Simpson and Mrs. Lease. ONK or the boldest enterprises ever undertaken in this country was that of constructing a line of telegraph through British Columbia and Alaska on the ono side , and over the barren wnsto of Siberia on the other side , the two to bo connected by a cable across Bohring Straits. This project , with which the late Edward Crcighton of Omaha was identified , was entered upon in 1805 , and ono of the members of the expedition was Mr. George Konnan , now distinguished throughout the civ ilized world as a traveler and writer. The project was finally abandoned when the second Atlantic cable laid proved a success , but the expedition was absent over two years , and the experience obtained by Mr , Ken nan was the foundation of his subsequent career , which has boon evidently brilliant and useful. It was a most remarkable experience which that expedition had , some of thu more interesting features of which are preserved - served in a publication called "Tho Es quimaux. " that was issued monthly at the camps at Port Clarence , Russian America , and * Plover Bay , East ern Siberia , J 'J. Harrington , edi tor and proprietor. Ono obtains from the pages"of this journal many interesting * facts regarding that arctic region wlto'fo the temperature sometimes falls to ( i'2 degrees below zero and can got a prcjttv clear idea of what must bo the hardship of living in these desolate northern lands. Mr. Kuniion was but 20 years old whan lie joined the telegraph expedition , but his faculty of close observation was already well developed and fie took the fullest advantage of hisi npportunltios. As a result ho Ims glvoj } to the world a great amount o ( valuable information nnd about all the aifourato knowledge it lionesses of the Siberian prisons and ilio ttulTerings of thu unfortunate exiles sent there by the Russian government. The citizens of Omaha will have an opportunity tomorrow evening to hoar from Mr. Konnan the story of some of his perilous , rouuuilio and remarkable experiences. CANADIAN boodlors are jumping their bonds and this Is conclusive proof that the government has the evidence to con vict them. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GiJNTLKMK.V , postponements of the furnitui'o invoHtigntlon will not enable the pirllos who voted against homo con tractors to escape the just rebuke of the people at the polls November 3. Tim furniture contract is a political issue and the lingers caught in the trap wll certainly bo pinched If not broken. PKUHAPS the early approach of elec tion has hail the onY'jt of making con tractors lese Interest in every thing else and this will explain why there were no bidders for two good sized grading job on Friday. The contractors nro taking a hand in the city election. IT HAS boon assorted and Is not denlci that Mr. P. J. King , the domocratlo nominee for county judge , has never been admitted to the bar and knows nt moro law than hohasboonablo to gather from the police court of South Omaha TIIK Fifth ward kiekors were perform ing the can-can when they reached the bond propositions. They kicked too high. The school bonds are a necessity and should bo voted without opposition OMAHA stands a chance for the Walter A. Wood Harvester works , but has i euro thing on n Walter A. Wood har vcstor dopot. VOTKUS can elevate the justice courts in this city by selecting the bos men for these oflk'03 regardless of party SOUTH OMAHA democrats repudiate Edgorton. They know him too well to give him their support. A I'ower I'or ( Jootl. A'diMiM CitllininiiiI. . The tr.insinlssis.slpnl congress at Omaha lins n chance to do good work for the west li preparing for the securing of national legis lation to aid irrigation. Tlio rnlnmnUinii craze will pass and so will the rainy season and then tlioro will bo nooa of artltlcia watering of crops on the old Hues. A Mode.st Request. Oilman Ttmef. The disputed election case of tlio Nebraska governorship camoupin tuo supreme cour of the United States Monday and the attor noy.s for CJovornor Thayer modestly dcclarnc their preference that tlio hearing of tlio case should go over until next your. This is no an unnatural dcsiro on tbo part of the fraudu lent tenant of the Nebraska oxocutiva man sion. Being in possession of an ofllco to which ho was not oiected an olllco , indeed for which ho was not oven nominated , am for which not a single vote was cast for bin no would cladly avail himself of all tbo law's delays. Two Distant Views ot'Iowu. nonlim Ailvertlitr ( rcj.l The growing importance of Iowa as a coal- producing state should not bo overlooked Today Iowa ranks fourth among tuo coa states In tlio value of total annual products and takes the same rank In the number o mines and total wae3 paid. In the other leading coal states tno average prlco of coal per ton at the miuo Is nowhere so nigh as iu Iowa. In view of the fact that protection has done so much to develop the natural re sources of the state , it is to bo hoped tbal the Iowa republicans will hoop the local free traders on coals during the heated campaign and will "scorch" them ou election day. Kndorsed nt His Old Home. Cute I'idctte. Wo notice that the republicans of Douglas county have nominated lion. J. W. Ellor for county judge. This is an important oflica. and especially so in a populous count- Hue Douglas. Mr. Ellor was for many years a prominent lawyer of the adjoining county of Pillmoro , and served In this district as prosecuting attorney when Judge \Veavei was on the bench. Ho was a young man with moro than ordinary legal ability , and his name in Fill moro county was a synonym for fair dealing and integrity. Wo are not surprised that his attainments have been recognized by the republicans of Dougl.is county , anil wo can cheerfully congratulate them upon having nominated a good lawyer ouo whom , if elected , will malca an upright and worthy Judgo. IT WILL Kl.KVl POST. Platte County Sentinel , ( Ind. ) : The World-Herald is nothing if not sensational. But , It will never make a vote for Eilgortou by slandering Judge Post. Hustinirs Nebraskan : If the Worl-d Herald comforts itself with the thought that the voters of Nebraska nro to bo caught for i'.s candidate by vilifying and traducing his opponent , election day will impress upon it the immensity of its error. Grand Island Independent : The World- Herald Hatters itself that it has settled.thu supromu judgeship election , and in a muasuro so it has , hut in favor of Post , whom it so foully and grossly sl.iiidored. Its vile attack has made 1'ost hundreds of votes in Hall county , ami probably in every other county in the state , too. All sulf-iiispectine people like to show their contempt for such ghoulish warfare. Central City Nonpareil : Whether the charges brought against Judge Post by the Omaha World-Herald are true or false , the Judge deserves the commendation of all honorable men , In tlio course ho hus pursued , in being willing rather to hear the blame than toglvo the uame of the lady so that scandal mongers could have a sweet morsel to gossip about. The World-Herald has materially assisted Judge Post in his elec- tlo.n 'which is now a foregone conclusion. Seward Reporter : To what depth of infamy has the publisher of the vllo and slanilorous sheet descended , when he , for tno sane of a more partUun advantage , deliberately start * In to mill and drag down , not only an honored and respected Iran , but his wife uud cbiluron. It is no wonder that voters are moro Inclined to turn toward 1'oi.t thun away from him , and wo look for such an uval- ancho of votes for htm as will show the slanderers of the World-Herald how they nro regarded , nnU bury them too deep for ro-jur- roetlon , Sioux City Journal : The democratic man agers In Nebraska are making a villainous assault upon the personal character of Judge 1'ost , republican cnndldnto for Judge of the supreme court. Yet no man stand" higher among his neighbor * . The clmrgai nro to tally faiso anil inexcusable. The popularity of Judge Post , which is duo not only to his admirable record and iiualillfiitions as a Juilgo , uut also to his high personal char acter , was such that his opponents In .slioec desperation nvsortod to invention of scandal ous yarns. The olTect will only bi > to incmiso his majority. In hU own county , whew ho Ims lived ninny years , large numbers of dom ocratlo neighbors will vote for him us mi answer to the scummloui insinuations which are being circulated. l.tr. ( J. llnrliu Inxuti ' II .vii Jo mil. Like flomu fair woman who hath lost youth' * Yut holds within her heart all goodly L-lfts , Novutnliur c nix worn plooy ; Miami's aim in. iloriitt down by clouds , ynt allowing thro' tlmlr rift * Semi ) hint of houvon s blno and tjiinulilno s Ero'falls to earth bur mantlusoft of snow. What imitterit thun tho' hill anil vale are Shu'dothM thorn In u il'ilnty Kuril of wliltu : llnnzs urnry hhriili with ley Jowo a rare. Ami Illis tlio land with i-uliom of dtillKht I'rom ini-rry sli-lgh bulls , and the rythmlo Upuil thu frozen road , of llyla ; foot , fii cumin TlianUsjIvInu Day-a It should wVth'ohi'urfu'noss and Joy , and rlnclnz WltlMlonr ones gnthoruil round the hearth of lioiuu. . . , , \Vlillo thro' the lanil a huppy chorus Dwells Whlitli sruakH u nutlon'-i prnUo to fioil above. In thuiiUtd nsw for Ills protuutln level .v twsstr. UfiiKAf or TUB llr.B , } Bin KouitTKRNTii STIIKF.T , V WAMIINOTON , D. ( . ' . , Oct.SO. | General II. V. itoyutnu , the well known correspondent , has nn nrtlclo In today's Washington Pott on the "Plans of Henl- procity-Evolution of the Iiloa and Presi dent Harrison's part In It , " In which ho states that reciprocity , ns It was dovlicil Iu the McKInley tar I IT law and 1 $ at present being perfected , was first brought to the practical ll ht by Clcncr.il Harrison , ou the last day of July , I8SS , in n campaign speech lit Indlnnapoll ; . Tlio llrst appearance of any dollnito form for n reciprocity law In con gress , ho say.i , wat presented by Senator Plorco , Just before thu McKInley tariff bill was reported from the committee ou Ihmtico to the sonata. It was the suggestion of President Harrison and stands In the law today. Mr. Dlnlnu's Idea was to retain the duty ou sugar , so that It could bo traded for markets in foioign countries for our surplus products of the farm , etc. This was referred to the followers of McKInley who wanted free sugar for the breakfast tnblo. President Harrison advocated the abolition of the duty on sugar , making thu nrtlclo free nnd at the snmo tlmo giving the president power In thu law to restore the duties ou sugar where there was a refusal to enter by direct agreement Into reciprocal trade. Tlio president , called about him the leading repub licans of the two houses of congress , ex plained to them the tuh'nntngos of this form of the law , which would give us free suenr In any event from the outset nnd not Interfere in the least with reciprocity with nny sugar growing country , as wo could restore the duty on the product of any country , should it refuse to accept our terms of reciprocity by which its sugar wnstocomoln trco. The president's plan won , General Boyuton concludes , Hint inas much ns reciprocity under any other form would have bceti relegated to the slow stages of negotiation , It could not have been effected nearly so well by nny process other than the ono wo havo. Mr. Blaluo remained in his house nearly all of this bright and pleasant Indian summer dny nnd welcomed a number of his personal nnd official friends. Ho did notnttcnd church services. Ho loalu'd much stronger than when ho nligatod from the train yesterday and to some explained that his car was too warm during the latter purl of his Journey hero and took from him qulto nil of his snap nnd vim. Among his rallers today was Attorney General - oral Miller , who expressed delight upon sco- ing the secretary of stnto appearing so well. During his social nnd business call upon President Harrison yesterday afternoon Mr. Blaine evinced the keenest Interest in bis work , inquiring nbout the status of various pending questions. Ho suld today thnt ho would bo ut his desk In the Stnto department at 11) ) o'clock tomorrow morning and begin his work with determination. Ho wants reports from his various bureaus immediately to cnnblo him to prepare his annual report , and ns soon ns ho has received these nnd sufficient data , will closet , himself at his residence and begin work upon that document. Mr. Blaine ap pears to bo best satisfied and looks better when ho is at work , nnd says ho welcomes the duties before him. * * Ex-Snoakor Thomas Hoed is In the city , looking rosy cheeked nnd vigorous , on bis way to Ohio , whuro ho is to make several speeches for McKInloy. Ho makes but two political observations that Mills will bo speaker of the next house of representatives and McKinley elected governor of Ohio. J. L. Caldwell of Lincoln Is at Willard's. P. S. H. 1'OIXTS 0Hl'.lfK I' Grand Island Times : Our friend on the Democrat don't HKO Hosowntor's ' speech. No wonder , ho was n member of the legisla ture that so recklessly squandered the pee ple's money , nnd ho aon't ' like to hear the details. Tnko your medicine , EO. , 3'ou helped prepare it. Hastings Nebraskan : The members of the farmers alliance in renouncing nllcginncn to the so-callod monopoly , money power party and rin ? rule , have as a rule espoused the cause of the demagogue ' and the political charlatan , the wreckers of party , prosperity and government , the scum of every political pot. pot.Platto Platte County Sentinel ( Ind. ) : In his career as n lawyer J. W. Edgorton never had but thrco cases before thesupromo court. A man of his limited experience Is scarcely lit to be intrusted with a position at the top of the ladder of Judicial honors. Competency ought to bo considered in the .selection of men for the supreme bench. Vote for Post. Friend Telegraph : Deep thinking , honor able men of the democratic party nro always in favor of good government. This is ono reason why they should support Hon. A. M. Post for the supreme court. The hope of the future of Nobrasua stands at this time more upon the action of the sober thinking men of the state than upon the likes and dislikes of party prejudice. Grand Island Independent : Complaint from all sections of the state is the same in regard to unusually light registration and lack of interest , denoting a light , very light voto. There is ronlly no good excuse for this. It is true that democrats nro disgusted be cause of the fact that they have no ticket in the ncid. and that disgust is so intense iu many that thay will refuse to vote at nil. Mmiy independents , too , feel deeply the deg radation placed upon them by the nomination of .such a candidate ns EUcerton , who Is known to bo totally unlit and incompetent , and on that account tne.v havo. lost interest , and the result will be a light vote , Genoa Leailur : The independents an nounce that Paul Vnnilervort will hold forth in eur opera house in the ncarfnturo. Shades of .lulijs Ciusor ! Paul Vniuk-rvorl posing us an anti-monopolist and preuching indepen dent doctrine ! Can it bo that it Is thn.same VunUisrvort who for years has been the limit corrupt railroad lobbyists nd : ; oil room manipulator in the statol The nerv iest and most unscrupulous corniptlonists aha * , over cursed Nebraska with hi § presence ! Great God ! Hnvo thu indoiiomiont leaders got tha nerva to spring that man on us as n reformer * The leaders of the party In this town nro men from whom any amount of gall Is expected , but this is too much. a TllllWTK 'f ( > WUUTII. Now York Tribune : Grady embodied the best spirit of the now south n phrase to which ho gave largo currency and his vir tues are worthy to bo celebrated. The orator tor of the occasion was Governor 11111 , who showed good Mmso in keeping politics In the background , and spoke lilting words In honor of G may's character and worth. Chicago Udruld : Henry W. Grady stood ns the representative of that generation of sou th- inl mun thni has grown up blnco the war which has made the "NowHouth. " His pub ic career was all lee brief , and when ho died imlor circumstances tliar inndo him almost a imrtyr td the cause ho had so aruently es- icnsoci , of bn-nglng oack fraternity nml good 'ollowshlp between the seullons , be was uni versally mourned. Uut his teachings were ml forgotten , nnd have grown uml spread until they have reanimated every southern stnto and' brought ihotn Into living touch with ho whole union" . Denver News : Grady wus ono of the greatest of Americans , anil In qualities of lenrt and bruin had no superior uinonir the lU'n of his day and generation. It U lit that ih memory should bo honored ana perpetu ated by n monument that shall remind coming gentiratloiiH of the splendor of his genius , but when it snull cruinblo wlih thu oiiilng agoa , ov n ns the monuments of Uhons anil Konio have crumbled , his oration it tuo Now England dlunor In Now York vlll bo recalled nud rohoursna iu ono of thu Ini-st midmost pat riotio pieces of oratory hut ever fell trom motill lips. OUTLOOK VERY FLATTERING , Judge Post's ' Prospect ? Hot Afijctad by Kooent Libollious Attacks , MANY DEMOCRATS OPPOSE EDGERTON. Iinwynni Particularly 1'nvar tlio III- pulillonti Oamtlilatti IIRII icy | > C. u .Man of Ability on till ! Li.vcor.y. Nob. . Oct. 25.--Special ( to 'lun Hm : . | Attorney General Hailing * anil Latin Commissioner Humphrey , who hnvo boon stumping the western portion of tlio state in tlio Interests or Judge Po.it , report tlio out look very IhittoniiR. They suy that tin llbolous story told concerning 1'ost by Ilia World-Herald has fallen lint mid U not bo- 1 Hoved by thu people with whom thny hnvo conversed. 1 They ilcelaro further that all tlio repub licans nnd miiny democrats will vote for Him. All tlio lending democratic- lawyers almost to n mnn declare Hint they will support Post m they wish an Intelligent man on the supromu bench. STATi : fVIVrilSITV IMI'IIOVKHKNT * . A now power House nnd mechanical build ing will bo erected this fall on tbo State unl. vorsitv grounds.Vonc on It will bo com. incnccd Immediately. When completed n llXMiorso power engine nnd the electrical dynamos of fouc different complete systom.s will bo put in operation. Considerable space will bo sot apart for a mechanical department which will constitute a foundation fora morn extended education In practical trades in the near future. DP.TnCTIVi : TBOMtX-J1 \t.\IY. ( . F. H. ICImball , who represents the excise board In the light between the two members of that committee nnd the mayor over tlio matter of Detective Yeomnns' salary , has lllcd nn allegation that Ycoinun was removed by the oxei.se board within the legal limits of power , nnd that ho is not entitled to his wages ns a policeman since July 1 , and that the nllownnce of his claim bv the council was in direct violation of the law. The light on the part of the excise board is to remove Yoonmns , while the mayor is de termined to retain him. onus A\n nxiw. The weather signals will bo given from the top of tbo State university this year. A ling stntT thirty feet hign will be placed on top of the lower and the signals given three times each day. On J-'rlday evening at Crnmlull's ' hall. Twenty-fourth nnd O streets , occurs the an nual ball of the tire department. Adjutant General Cole and Colonel Ilotch- kiss leave tomorrow tor Chicago to meet Na tional guard otllcors in consultation in regard to the appearance of state millatiamen at the World's fair. It is expected that an en- cnmpmont will bo held at Chicago during the progress of the fair. II. Sitron , Charles bmlth and A. Anderson wore nrriMtod nt II o'clock this morning iirCharloy Stonberg's ' cigar store while play ing cards for the cigars. Stenbcrg was also arrested. r.tssixti , IKSTS. Tlio Wasp : "Can you toll me , my friend , " said tlio elderly gentleman to the keeper of b'kT'V ' ' " ' "u lll ° ' " " "I" ° " tllilt iinlmal't b- ? "U'liat's It for ? " "Yes ; of what vulno Is It ? " "Uoll. It's lotsof value. Do camel wouldn't bo no iroo'.l wlilout it. " : \Vhy not ? " "Whynit > Ver don't snpposo people 'iij pay tuenty-livo cents to see u camel wld * any hump on him , do yer ? " AI.ASl C/ifcnon / TrlhUHf , Ho vowed ho loved her as his Hfo- HIs KHiilloCtiroIlnu. "I wiintyon for my Ilttln wife. Dear girl ! " ho erled , "Ho mlnol" "Wo no'oroan stand before a priest , " The inalUon Hailly suld. " 1 on do not wuuryoiir trousers creased , Your necktie Is not red ! " Juwolors' Olrciilar : I'opplnjay Yoiini oollo ( has a lar o Lump of enrloslty. ronsonhy Never noticed It. ropplnjay Hut ho lias , though. Some time HBO liu bimuhl a nleUel clock guaranteed fora year , but It really ran accurately for two years. 1'onsonby What of that ? I'opplnjay Well , lie had to break the clock to pieces to si'o what was the matter with IU A-Minneapolis lawyer entered a demurrer > to an Indk'tineiit against a prlsonur ehart-'eil with havlni ; shot.several line ho s boloiulug to 11 neighbor , on the ground that tlio shootIng - Ing of the animals Increased their value , ax It saved the owner the expense of killing them. AUTUMN IN Oysters on the half-shull , TossmiiH up the true , How thu roasting 'titters Kinolll 1'nll'd the time for me. Chluago Tribune : Johnny's mother was nd- mlnlslurlir'a sound Hpanklng to her urrlng boy. "Don't yell so Innil. Johnny , " salil WIIIIu. poking his liciail into the room , "nnlus * you want the nMxiihor.s to think you're one of these calamity howlers. " Kate Plnld'H Washington : Oashly There ! now that I have glvun that poor woman a qiinrter , I oiiKhtto have luck. Ji'luslily Don't follow , my tiuar man ; noth ing 10 do with It. Cn-.lilv Why ? 1'laslily 1 wont to HID raoes ono day nnd iruvii a blind man standing nt the uuto u ijiiartiir for luok. Kosluvury cent I hail. Whim funmooutl tried to borrow n iiunrtor of tlio blind man , hut ho uuuliln't HUU it , TIIKV IIOTII MI : . llniii'lnn ll ul : nw. The llnild imrlrlilKU now HIM close Within the tliluliul'Hhhadi- . Anil now the hnnismiin Hus abroad Of dhot-s ho never made. National Tribune : Oklahoma Photographer ( towlld looklnjsitlur from lliu I'nnlmndlo- ) Now , sir. MX your eyes on this spot on the wull anilslt puifi'utly HI ill. Wild-looking Sltlur ( throwing up his hamlH IIH thu photographer IIXIIOHOS thu mn//.lu of thu oamcrai Don't nliootl don't nliooll I sur render ! Myl-oril ! What , a gun ! Now York Hun : Snlilso Dozolv takes a two- hour imp uvury day after dinner , llur < lM > - Doesn't ho iivur ovuislmipV Halilso-Noi ho rings for a iiioMs iiKi > r baforu liu lies down , anil wliuii the monsenyur urrlvoa It wakes him ill ) , Dotrolt I'rno I'n-Hs : Hho-What wiw that youiu man' * niime yon pie.suntuil awhllu uxo ? Itu-Mr , ( iosllng. Kho lio-il UK ? , , , Mo Yus. tJosling. Anything the matter ' ' 'Vh'u-Oh , no. It's qullu appioprlntu ! only I didn't know before thnt 11 was a K'MiInx which bail Hiich loiu uurs. Now York Wuiikly : Young Hnrilliond I don'tsi'ii why I II'IM not Invitiiil to purlins of- tunnr , I am anro I always buhavu like a KOII- YiiiinK lilslithund That'H thu tronbto. You are so vurv gentlemanly that lliu nirla Ihl/iU you stuplu. HOW CIIAM1KI ) . tfew I'nrk llentlil. I met hnr lln.t In luafy Juno Down by Ilio ii/.uri ) sua , A uurfoul typsy llinro xlm HunmoJ , Iliir ways wurugay ami fri'u , I Hflu h'r now upon the Htri'ot , N > ImtiKhty. cold anil Slahl : Alus ! Uio aiit'irnn nnuns n on Tno witchln'snmmur miild. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. a cJl